The Slants’s Supreme Court ruling is opening a Pandora’s box on trademarking derogatory language. Nine applications to register derogatory words and symbols have been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office following a US Supreme Court ruling in June that barring such trademarks was…

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Video game fans have been anticipating the latest franchise from CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, for years. But only recently did it come to light that the makers of The Witcher franchise had trademarked the term “Cyberpunk” and this week some fans cried foul. Now,…

Clothing retailer American Eagle has been ripped into by a trademark infringement action brought by the owner of a clothing company. Robert Lopez filed the lawsuit at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, October 17. He also claimed…

The Samsung Galaxy S8 could feature a dual-camera setup if a new trademark application is anything to go by. Samsung may be planning to built a dual-lens camera configuration into its next flagship smartphone, in a bid to level the playing field with Apple’s recently…

A roundup of entertainment law news, including the alleged rights-holder of Zorro being sued for infringing a Zorro work. Shawn “Jay Z” Carter and Damon Dash have prevailed in a lawsuit that contended they stiffed the individual who created the logo for Roc-A-Fella Records.The plaintiff in the…

Apple has long understood the importance of protecting its intellectual property, which is why the company registered the name “iPhone” in China in 2002, back before many of its engineers knew their employer was secretly developing the device. But even Apple’s legal savvy could not…

With trademarks, the early bird gets the worm. I’m often asked when is the best time to trademark a new business or product name. On one hand, entrepreneurs feel pressure to register a trademark right away before anyone else starts using the name. On the…

Reports are coming in that point towards a new Square Enix title called Kimi to Kiri no Labyrinth. The trademark filed by the company turned up on several gaming publications overnight, and many believe that this is the follow up to Tokyo RPG Factory’s excellent JRPG sleeper-hit, I…

Jaguar Land Rover filed a trademark for the XJ13 name this week, leading to suggestions that it Heritage division could be working on a new continuation model. Back in the mid-1960’s, Jaguar intended on produce 26 examples of the XJ13 racing car in order to…

Focus now on golf shoes, sportswear NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —Nike is throwing its golf equipment business in the pond. Nike plans to stop making golf clubs, balls and bags so that it can focus on expanding its line of golf shoes and sportswear, the company…